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Babel - Requiring ES2015 File from ES5

In the situation where you desire to use a ES5 file to refer to a ES2015 file, the on-the-fly compilation option of Babel can be one of the ways to do so.

This case might come up when you are intending to run an init file that you do not want to perform any Babel compilation, but you still want the ES5 file to serve as the entry point for your module.

Process Exit and Time Elapse

When performing a long-running operation in the terminal, such as file generation, a user would like to know how long the task has run.

For your heavy-duty JavaScript animations, I recommend Velocityjs since it has many features and great documentation.
Here are some simple effects that I find useful if you have chosen to use Velocityjs:

Filtering Differences between Minimongo and Mongo

Minimongo is Meteor's client-side implementation of Mongodb, while Mongodb is referred to as Mongo.

Template Helpers and Subscriptions

Templates helpers format data onto your templates, but one must ensure that subscription data is fully loaded before the template helpers have a chance to render.

Blaze Template Removal

Instead of using jQuery to perform DOM removal operations, Meteor's Blaze remove can do the same thing with the following

Redirecting for Non-Logged-In Users

When an app has more than one URL and any other URL other than the /home URL is restricted for logged-in users, than this requireLogin function will direct users back to the home URL when the user is not logged in. This is assuming that the IronRouter package is used.